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Good morning runners!Sunday: 10 miles 1:31:46 - 9:10 avg. pace - easy. Felt really slow and weak A.M. / 6 miles 55:25 - 9:13 avg. pace - easy. Last mile 8:17 P.M. Even without a complete diagnosis on my condition I feel in my gut I'm over the worst of it and confident to resume my usual training this week. Seeing I missed two days last week I may run on my SRD, since I could use the work. Make it a good day!

9.48 miles @ 8:12 pace done last night. It was very humid out. My DW came with me on her bike and commented how muggy it was out after we had gone 5 miles. I said to her "welcome to my world." I ran 4 times last week versus 1 time the week before. I logged 27.86 miles for the week at an average pace of 8:08 per mile. Not too shabby for running injured!

Split

Time

Distance

Avg Pace

Summary

1:17:44.4

9.48

8:12

1

8:42.9

1.00

8:43

2

8:04.4

1.00

8:04

3

8:13.0

1.00

8:13

4

8:14.7

1.00

8:15

5

8:12.4

1.00

8:12

6

8:16.6

1.00

8:17

7

8:07.3

1.00

8:07

8

8:04.6

1.00

8:05

9

8:06.2

1.00

8:06

10

3:42.4

0.48

7:46

Moth - Good morning! I'm glad to hear you are feeling better! Unlike you, I unfortunately won't be able to make up for lost time. I just hope to get back to where I was.

Today I did a reverse triathlon. I started out with an 8k run @ 40:05 (4:59 pace). I was planing to do 10k but it was just too hot I faded at the end. After a 30 minute break to cool down and get some fluids I did a 30k bike ride @ 1:17:20. Once back home I did some laps in my daughter's kiddie pool. Ok, it was more relaxing, cooling down, and reading than swimming. After today my legs are beat!

I think this last week is the closest I will ever be to Moth and SUS in miles..haha! Ended the week with 31.5 miles. Today is my SRD and my left quad is a bit sore, so a great time for the SRD. I think I may push hard for 35 miles this week as that is one of my July goals and I will be traveling for work the following two weeks and while I will make every effort to run each night while traveling I feel reaching my 35mi/wk will be more easily attainable when I am not traveling.

Today is the 1st of 11 furlough days for me...3 day weekends for the next couple of months will be nice!

Ootb: big congratulations to you and your mom! I loved the cheering cows...it sounds like another challenging course. You are getting quite expert on those hills!

Donver: impressive back to back races - speedy!

Kdiesel: welcome if you are about today and hope your 8 mile long run went well.

RTR: sounds like you are really starting to amp up the training - 33 miles! Nice!

Yesterday was a real emotional roller coaster. Wimbledon party in the morning with strawberries, of course and an awesome victory by Andy Murray, who does sprint repeats as part of training apparently. Then terrible news about the train crash in Lac Megantic. I've hiked up Mt. Megantic in the beautiful park with friends and had ales and a meal in the pub, and it is a very pretty little town. Very sad and also grr...

Running:

Yesterday, I ran with my running buddy before Wimbledon, 7 miles by the river. Weather report: hot! Always fun to run with her.

Today's goal was to run 8 miles nonstop for the second time in a row, but I ended up only doing 2 miles--gotta love Florida's heat!

I was really disappointed, but on the plus side I did run those 2 miles faster than I have before. Does anyone have any advice on how to stay motivated to keep going in a long run?

Thanks!

Welcome to the forum!

Long runs are tough, mentally, and they don't get any better as you become more experienced. I go out of my mind with boredom on any runs longer than about 90 minutes.

The only tips I can give you is to not worry about your pace. Just cover the distance, and be sure to go extra slow if it's hot and humid. Some people like to make long runs a social experience, by either joining a running club and meeting up on the weekend, or just finding a regular running partner. You can also listen to music, podcasts, or audio books on an ipod.

Easy runs, and the long run in particular, should feel easy, like you could go on almost indefinitely at that pace. The last couple of miles of a long run will begin to feel tough, just because you are pushing the envelope of your endurance.

In some cases, I was following a fast running, good looking, seductively clad woman. In others, I was making a half-hearted attempt to do speed work, despite my absolute hatred of it. In any case, the following results are intended for entertainment purposes only, not because I'm trying to be the next Speed Racer of running.

Hi all - 6x800's for me this morning, followed up by a 2 mile recovery (9:27 avg pace). Came back & did XT at home afterwards. My fastest interval was 3:24.1 (6:48 pace), my slowest was 3:32 (7:04 pace). I hadn't done 800's for a while, and it felt better than I expected.

In some cases, I was following a fast running, good looking, seductively clad woman. In others, I was making a half-hearted attempt to do speed work, despite my absolute hatred of it. In any case, the following results are intended for entertainment purposes only, not because I'm trying to be the next Speed Racer of running.

Today's goal was to run 8 miles nonstop for the second time in a row, but I ended up only doing 2 miles--gotta love Florida's heat!

I was really disappointed, but on the plus side I did run those 2 miles faster than I have before. Does anyone have any advice on how to stay motivated to keep going in a long run?

Thanks!

If I understand correctly, you ran your longest run ever yesterday and then tried again today in the Florida summer! No wonder you were tired and stopped; anybody would have.

Follow up a hard-effort type run like a long run or a speed workout with an easy day, maybe running a few miles. Most running plans advise no more than one or two hard efforts a week with the rest of your running easy or moderate.

It's not too hot out today, but it is swampy... 81, with a feels like 86* and dew point of 73. Not a single drop of sweat seemed to evaporate during my 30 minutes today. Serves me right for sleeping in this morning...

Good morning runners!Sunday: 10 miles 1:31:46 - 9:10 avg. pace - easy. Felt really slow and weak A.M. / 6 miles 55:25 - 9:13 avg. pace - easy. Last mile 8:17 P.M. Even without a complete diagnosis on my condition I feel in my gut I'm over the worst of it and confident to resume my usual training this week. Seeing I missed two days last week I may run on my SRD, since I could use the work. Make it a good day!

29.2 miles with 6500 vertical feet of gain. 95 percent of it was on singletrack trail. Only ran into one person the whole time(woman on horsback) and she was kind enough to give me a bottle of gatorade. 70 ounces of water proved not to be enough. Need to start bringing some kind of filtration system. Felt pretty dehydrated the last 9 miles which caused me not to eat which led to bonkage. Overall a great run(hiked around a mile) and learned a lot. Feet held up and except for sore legs no issues. Very very easy 4-6 miles tomorrow.

In some cases, I was following a fast running, good looking, seductively clad woman. In others, I was making a half-hearted attempt to do speed work, despite my absolute hatred of it. In any case, the following results are intended for entertainment purposes only, not because I'm trying to be the next Speed Racer of running.